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Re: Most ESPN talking heads predicting Bengals win

If they're going to take into consideration all the losses on the road to subpar teams, then at least be consistent enough to also consider they haven't loss to any team with a winning record and like Willie McGinest said on NFLN, they get up for big games.

Re: Most ESPN talking heads predicting Bengals win

Titans have a winning record.

The issue is whether one places the blame for our bad performances at Tenn, Jax, Seattle, and SD on 'not being up' for a game vs a dubious opponent ('playing down to their opponent', and specifically their record, because in SD's case they were better than their record when we played them), or whether one places the blame on merely being away from M&T. If the former, then I think we can rest easy, because I cannot see how we fail 'to get up for' this game. If the latter, then it might spell trouble. Of course neither argument explains all of the season's results perfectly; there are exceptions to both claims, and the reality is that both factors probably played a part in our losses.

I am more worried about Marvin seemingly having our number at Cincy. The sample size (of games at Cincy) is still darn small, but, for example, last year they finished 4-12 and us 12-4 and we lost there (ugly). Obviously the rosters and stakes are very different this time, but still it isn't crazy for one to get a bit nervous.